The First Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to greenlight massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, finding that the administration had not provided enough evidence to o... (more story)

A key committee will decide Thursday whether to send President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Labor’s employee benefits arm ahead for a full Senate vote, setting the stage for what attorney... (more story)

A California federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to explain why preparations for layoffs at the State Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development do not violate an injunctio... (more story)

The Federal Trade Commission doesn't want staff attorneys to be able to seek state bar association guidance if they dispute the legality of an instruction, arguing in a fight with the FTC's union that seeking ... (more story)

A former Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney representing employers in wage-and-hour disputes and traditional labor matters has started as a partner at Fisher Phillips LLP in Seattle, the firm announced, and wi... (more story)

A New York federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from eliminating Job Corps, saying the agency can't move ahead with shutting down the more than 6... (more story)

A Service Employees International Union local unlawfully provided a Black former university employee with second-rate representation when he challenged his termination over a minor offense despite aggressively... (more story)

A Texas-based property management company has been sued by a former employee in Georgia who alleged she was fired after reporting a "racially insensitive" meme sent to her by the company's acting vice president.

An oxygen supply manufacturer has been sued in Georgia federal court by its former global vice president of human resources over allegations it fired her for reporting the harassment of a lesbian employee.

The Sixth Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a Vanderbilt University professor's disability bias suit claiming she was denied a promotion because she took leave to manage her multiple sclerosis, ruling she fa... (more story)

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday seemed unconvinced by Planned Parenthood's assertion that new federal grant requirements for a public health initiative aimed at preventing teen pregnancy are harmful enough t... (more story)

A newspaper publishing company has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it canceled a job interview with an applicant after learning she was deaf and n... (more story)

A former Lowe's Companies Inc. manager has agreed to drop her case against the home improvement retailer, in which she alleged she was treated differently, retaliated against and later fired for being Black.

Indiana's attorney general has sent letters to two private universities asking for information about diversity, equity and inclusion-related initiatives, he said Wednesday, alleging that the schools may be unl... (more story)

Several migrant workers for a farm labor contracting company testified they weren't forced to turn over their passports or work 20-hour days as the company sought to defend itself against human trafficking cla... (more story)

Seven recent decisions support an automobile parts company's bid to nix class and collective claims in a workers' lawsuit alleging they were shorted on wages, the firm told a North Carolina federal court Wedne... (more story)

A worker's counsel urged the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to find that employers must show they proactively took steps to ensure its pay practices complied with state requirements to establish a good ... (more story)

General Motors miscalculated employees' overtime by failing to factor cost-of-living adjustment pay in their regular rate of pay, a former employee said in a proposed collective action filed in Michigan federal court.

Southern Colorado Waste and Recycling knew that drivers were working straight through their designated meal breaks but deducted 30 minutes of working time from their paychecks anyway, a proposed class and coll... (more story)

Lawyers for a pair of former Atlanta strip club workers called on a federal judge Wednesday to reject an "extremely untimely" bid to disqualify them by the clubs' owners, arguing the owners don't bother to sub... (more story)

A company providing client intake and retention services to law firms misclassified consultants as independent contractors and paid them only for the time they spent on calls or were available to take them, a ... (more story)